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Bhelupur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh · 25.2995°, 82.9999°
A cluster of three Jain shrines at Bhelupur in Varanasi — a Digambara temple, a Shvetambara temple and the Parshvanatha–Padmavati temple. The Digambara shrine's worshipped black stone image of Parshvanatha, about 75 cm high, belongs to a group of sculptures found here dating from the 9th to 11th centuries CE.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Jains identify Bhelupur as the place of three of Parshvanatha's kalyanakas — his conception, birth and renunciation — in the city his father King Ashvasena is said to have ruled.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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